Queens Parker Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand has been suspended for three matches and fined £25,000, the English Football Association announced Wednesday.

The FA had announced on Oct. 14 that Ferdinand had been charged for posting a comment on Twitter that was "abusive and/or indecent and/or insulting and/or improper." The FA did not specify which of Ferdinand's tweets was under consideration, but said it violated the rule against abusive language with regard to gender.